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' '4V f?^EToWoF?wToirHA?^| /A T Tl^ * ~M M* * /^4 | ^ T?WN ^ UH,?H MA* | Three Cotton Mills, one the I/I I I I I I I I I I A 9 I IM /I I J W ' S The larSe8t Knitting Mill and (i .largest in the South. Four Fur- [/( H ___ IJ I I HI I I / H BJ [({ Dye Plant in tho State. An Oil 11/ mture and Wood Manutactur- J) FW m VI m W/ ] . . and Manufacturing Co. that M lug Concerns. One leuiule I B'^nK I 9 W 9 9 9 w9B JL/a I)) l,1,,kes an unexcelled Guano. ft W Seminary. Water Wor*s and .(( ? _B_ JL J9_^dl 9^/ -1- 9?r JL a .. - JBL w . _ ?% ((( Three Graded Schools. Arte- ffi H Klee trie Lights. ([[ "m"' {[/ sian Water. Population 6,500. jg VOL. LI. NO. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. SFPTEMBKR <5. 1901. ~~ .t*1.00A YEAR. HI- ' . 1 1 ?? _ - I T F. M. FAKk President. A T GEO. MUNPO, Cashier, J. C | Merchants' and Plan A of riNio a Capital Stock J Surplus * Stockholders' Liabilities a Total i J)l KKOTOKB?J. A. Pant, W. jl T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, E T Win. Coleman. J We Solicit Yoi 1* m- +* +++ t 1901 SEPTEMBER 1901 I * ' _Su. Mo. Tu. We. Tk Fri. Sat ? J_ 2 3 4 5 _6 7_ \ r\ r\ ja jj jn ji a a iu 11 iz io 14 t tt 16 17 18 19 20 21 I 24 25 26 27 28 ? 29 30 ? ? v REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. ? v a Interesting Incidents Connected I With the Late War, Bringing Out r a Great Deal of Unwritten His- s tory, in Which the Private and Subordinate Officers are Given 1 Credit lastly Dae Them. Some i of the Truest, Noblest and lira v- fl est Men That liver Faced an , Enemy Were to be ,j a FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES, * t? V BY J. L. STRAIN. u We remained at Greensboro two I1 days to rest ourselves and our horses. During this tune we made a cauvass u of the city. Ilere for the first time 11 I met Mr. D. A. Thomas, of Gaff w ney City. He wa* a member of the McBeth Artillery arid was siek or w woundid and stopping at a private house in Greensboro till he got able " to travel. u During our sojourn in the city we l' made quite a number of friends and ! 11 acquaintances. Among some of them j u the city girls, who showed us a g?>od : P deal of kindness. Aa Bob Davis, ! c Jim Bateman, "Bing" Bell and my- ? self were passing a magnificent resi- | 6 dence on Main street we heard the I ^ ^ gound of a piano mingled with that 11 qf human voices. Stopping in front 0 qf the house to listen we noticed a v little negro girl sitting on the door- ^ Steps. Some one of our pirty, F don t remember who, said to her, ^ f'Who is that singing and playing 0 <Dixie' with such a graceful air? ' ^ Its Misses calling names I fail r qow to remember. But by this tiiqe 8 a beautiful young lady stepped to a the door and some of our p irty f said t-omething apologetically for our seeming ludiness ii 0 stopping at the gate, as we were . 2 'Dixie boys" and that was our tuue. | |J CShe invited us to come in. We did t 1 so. We were ushered into a mag- v nifieently furnished parlor. We in- v troducd ourselves and the ladies j r (there were about six of them) gave j v us their names. I he music was re- | p suuied and as most of our crowd (ex- 1 t cept your correspondent) were good ^ singers we spent an hour veiy ple.is i I antly with the ladies. Just bef re ' t, returning to our camp toiuo one of i the partv espied a violin and it was i brought out and turned over to Bob <: Dave, (who could play it for q,!l it r was wortji.) Bob was qt his best < sod it \yas a good instrument, and I when tho pleasure of the evening I clo ed it was hard to tell which side f had captured the other. They iu- i ^ ? listed oil our coming back but we |? ?t ri> soon ordered to prepare for I , inarching and so didn't huve the op- j ! r > noitunitv to see them again.* ! < r"f v o I it took two days for u.h to reach I Dannille, Va , fif y two miles from t Greensboro. The first night aficr i leaving Green-boro we camped at ' { lleidaville and the next evening we < r de into Danville and camped below 1 'Lr on r'ver no' ^ar ^rom ^ where the Southern depot now stands. t It was Sabbath evening when we J S -W--W--W-W-w-w. H. F05TER, Vice President. f I. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier, f j ters' National Bank ? "V, ?. o. I j $60,000 I 60,000 T .. 60,000 $ | $170,000 I < H. Wallace, VVm. Jeffries, X . P. McKissiok, A. H. Foster, J ' ir Business. 1 I - t cached Danville. Ilerc we staid , wo days and had some of our horses \ hod On leaving Danville the com- , nand was divided into two parties? . Companies A and B, under com- \ aand of Capt. Walsh, and 0 and D | nder Captain McKissick. We had j cn days in which to make the trip? f ue hundred and forty miles. We c eft Danville on Wednesday morning Vugust 13. Saturday evening w? rrived at Keysville where we lay iver till Tuesday morning. It was till ahout <17 miles to Richmond and ic made it by Friday, 22nd, at noon. ] t hen we went to the old Fair grounds , lid went into camp. Several troops | fere then in camp of instruction, ( ,mong thein some North Carolinians. , lerc we remaiued uutil Saturday t ri'-ruing, August 30, when we were t cnt to the Pi'Iimanln Uflinrn wo k.m ~ , v. V. V >laced under command of General , lunier and did service until we were v uoved lower down toward Williams- | >urg and placed under Gen. ilenry ; , Wise of Gen. El/.y's'corps. I will g n my next letter tell of the fight c .hiclt we had at Williamsburg <3ep- t ember 9th and the causes leading g ip to it and also the effect it had t ,pon our command in testing the r luck each man was made of. , On our way from Danville to Rich- (. lond I forgot to tell you about cross- i itg the Stantion river. Tne ferry f as a small plantation concern, and a he Hat only capable of carrying about , ight horses at a time. We concluded ^ ii swim some of our horses. We t hed our "dry goods" and in a few , iinutes Stonewall Jackson was in r he river, followed by Lieut. Cbal- ? lers. The heads of the horses and pper part of the bodies of the men c resented a supentine appearance H rossing the river and also oi the rich t Id farmer who was careful to call a t uard to protect his roasting ear patch t .'he high old time we had on that , larch was such as to remove all oc- j. asion for foraging, and his request j. . as really an insult to the command. ^ sext morning tnreo cneers was pro osed for him, which was met with a iifs, a grunt and a groan from those f the command who felt chagrined >y their last night's experience. The esult was that all parties on both ides felt "sold out." We learned c fterwards that the Phillip's Legion ^ r-m Georgia who preceded us a few ( lays had committed some frivolous uf rages on the property of the citi- r| ens, and this gave the old gentle- ] nan cause for alurm lest wo were of , he same stripe. The night before < ve reached Richmond the next day e ie had a powerful storm of wind, , ain and lightning. The whole camp j vas one sea of water. The night was I >itch dark. There was not a dry f bread in the command. The men i grouped about in small squads with t lankets over their heads for protec- i ion against the storm, llousen Kenicr, "about half tight," kept sing- < ng. "it rains and it hails and it's .? sold Moiuiy weather, etc." Llousen i ipver became low spirited. In all t >u> ups and downs he was cheerful, t lie and "Uolph" F?nt with Jimmy J Heron kept the company in good tpirits. We were now at Richmond i>id awaiting orders to move. Soiqe f the company had not yet reported <?r duty who were sent off sick be* :ore we left Adatn's Run. We took iccasion during our s?av at the Fair jrrounds to visit trie hospitals, cemeeries and other places to us of historic nterc8t. The hospitals present a ghastly spectacle. Men wounded in ivory conceivable manner, and in nany ins'ances reduced to skeletons. Among the wounded we found Capf. J. Banks Lyles, of the 5th S. 0. Hog , besides a number of other men from Union and York districts which we knew. Dr. J. liufus Bratt<>n witn i corps of efficient assistants was at tiis pi?t doing all his large experience in medicine and surgery suggested for the relief of suflf-ring humanity, file cemeteries preseued a more ap plaling scene, acres and acres oi graves occupying about 2.V by 6 feet ay as thick as they could be made Long rows of graves freshly dug wert waiting the "mortality" repoit of the previous night. The hearse jomes along with its load of corpses ind on the brink of each grave it do posited a coffin on which is placarded he name, company and regiment of he poldier whose remains it confined. No vault was dug, the coffin a?8 lowered into this ditch-like grave md without ceremony the dirt was ihoved in, and a small hoard bearing he number of the grave was placed it the head. In rnauy cases two ..f fV.L. jimiiu*"1 uvi'Upj uiuoniuu^iaTc nv v/ai\* food cemetery (one coffin on the top f another) with the rcHpective nuui >er on the same hoard. The sextori cepr a record from which he could >oiut out any grave you wished to ind. We turned from these cities >f the dead feeling that: "On fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent ten's are spread; And K'orv marks with sol?-uiu round I'he bivouac of the d'-ati." Our comm rnd was attached to the liich'noiid department and assigucd o duty on the Peniusula under Gen. lumer. whose heid<piar;ers were at Jnafiu s fariu. A line of defense isas established from l'anunkey t" lames River, a distance of twentx niles. The cavalry was uorih <d Jhickahominy, the infantry and ar illery south of it. Gen. Dix with lis corps of Federals was at Wu i:mi8burg, York'own and F??rtre<?> tjonme. It might not be amiss to ;taie that subs-(picnt as wtdl as prior tven's showed that the Fedcrols belli he Peninsula as a most importiut trategic military point, when leff to heir choice to operate against Rich nond from that direction. It wa> be stronghold from which Gen. Lee Irew McClellan by his advance int< Jury land. It was the grand pivot rom which Gen. Grant swung halt k million of soldiers against the deci? nated ranks of Gen. Lee at Peters - i >urg which resulted in a collapse of i he Southern Confederacy. No pine < vithin the Confederacy afforded such istural advantages for the Federal- 1 is it did. Their army was protected >y the Panunkev and James rivers in the right and left while these 1 tr earns afforded Unlimited means for ronspormtion. With this explana - ' ion the importance of the situation i o which our command was assigned nay be readily understood Its im* >ortance was discovered and uti'izod >y Cornwallis in Revolutionary imcs. i (To be continued.) Recollections qf the War. , ItY DR. A. E. FA NT. I In New Kent, one of the counties >f the historic ?"Peninsula" of Yir- i pnia lived a prominent family of Jnionists by the name of Piarot. con i listing of a widow and two or more laughters. They were ooe of the i F. B. V., possessing considerable realth and prominence. One of the laughters was the wife of a State senator Vadus. A brother of the fidow was provisional or military governor, and resided in Williams, i >urg, a lawyer by pr ?fo3aion. The 'amily were noted for their beauty ind intelligence. They had a beau, iful rcsidenco, occupying a promi lent hill not far from the public road, rhe grounds surrounding were prop irly termced and decorated with dirubberv and beau'ful H iwers. This, is most of the dwellings in Yirginia, yas built upon the gothic style with ) basement vyith the \yalls of stonp }r brick, extending upwards some levoral feet ahove the cround. Thi* iyas used for 8t ?rage, cooking and jatipg. This caused the inmates to iscend a considerable flight of steps to onter the dwelling or portico. Phis family kept up a regular comnuniostion with the Federal garrison ?t Williamsburg. At the time of ibis event their home was upon autral grounds. A lieutenant by the name of Robertson, a member of the ">th Penn. Cavalry and one of the garrison, frequently and regularly /isited them, paying marked attention to Miss Mollie, the youngest laughter. On these occasions he was attended or eac >rtod by a squad of m<n, consisting of from fifteen to twenty well mounted and uuiform-d Our scouts viz: Messrs McKowu. Jim Strain, John Faucett and perhaps others, had their eyes upon th?ni giving their movements undividtd attention. Watching an opoortunity ro entrap the gay tro -pers. By some means, kpown to themselves, they succeeded in finding out when the uext visit would be. I think the information was obtained througn a body servant of Miss Mo lie. This information was reported to the proper authorities, and Col. then , Captain I G. McKissick was designated with a portion ot the command , to execute the attempt to bug thcui. ( We left camp at dark in order that onr movement should be as secret as ; possible. We reached the residence | before daylight. Capt. McKissick arranged his men so as to entirely *urround and secret them from all observant eyes and at some distance Irom the dwelling. The object was fully explained to the men and abso- | lute quietness was enjoyed. At a signal to be made by the Captain evcrv man was ordered to move up at a rapid speed towards the hou-e. This signal was to be an up and down movement of a handkerchief attached to a switch in the bands of the Captain, who occupied the mo9t elevated position available, yet out ' of sight of the men. Every eye was ' engaged and eagerly watching ' in the direction of the supposed ' whereabouts of the Captain as he ' could not be seen. At about 10 o'clock a. ui. tho Federal were seen ' approaching at a gallop, little think- 1 iri.r .if tWrt ttvin rhur u'jj anf fnr tlmm < They made no halt as there was no obstructions, the way was clear, until ' they roiched the yard and up to the portico. They halted, dismounted, icketed their horses and stacked arms. The Lieutenant turned the command over to a non- commissioned fficer, and immediately ascended the steps, Miss Moilie meeting lum it the door. She was beantifully l<Tssed, her hair decorated wirh rare and beautiful flowers- She was expecting him and consequently prepared to meet him. Ou her daintly dippered feet she wore the most exquisite white hose, they were "lacy" in texture, ribbed and elaborately urubroinered. About this time up went the signal. The men promptly closed up greatly to the astonished Federals, who instantly sprang to their arms. They were completely surprised. Cnpt. McK. exclaimed in a loud and emphatic tone. "Don't touch those arms if you do I will have every one of you shot." This they obeyed promptly. Lieut. R. hearing the commotion came out upon the portico, Miss Mollie following. Lie rcaddy took in the situation and immediately sprrendere^Miss Mollie's eyes sparkled with anger. She was a beautiful woman, quite intelligent and well educated. She proved on this occasion to be quite an oratress. She gave us "flail Columbia" or something equivalent, at same time walking th?s 1 portico from end to end, gesticulating, and stamping her beautiful feet upon the floor with so much force and vim as to cause the beautiful flowers upon her head and bosom to fall in showers to tho floor. Some of the many things she said was this, "I would not marry a Confederate if the human family were to become extent," at the same time both arms high above her head displaying her beautiful bracelets encircling her mngnificent arms, and several beautiful rings encasing her fingers. Her right foot raised to its Full extent she Fetched it down clinching her remarks with great, em- < phasic an<i vengence. It was indeed 1 a rare and rmgnificent exhibition, es- 1 pecially to oqr poor fagged rebels. 1 Capt NJcKissick, seizing his hat in 1 his hand and lifting it far above his 1 head, his eyes resembling those of a ' panther in the act of springing upon itg 1 prey, in a lotpl ami penetrating voice 1 exclaimed; Madam, you should ' not have made such an exclamation ' before these poor, hungry soldiers * after exhibiting. your beautiful self, 1 for I tnvseif ain smitten with your ' magnificent hioks." at the same time ' smiting the region of his heart. Sho J listened attentively then retired with ' vengence depicted upon her beautiful 1 face. We give her full credit for 1 correctness. The Lieutenant whs 1 quite a fine specimen of humanity. Well dressed. lie did not seem to 1 greatly regret his sad misfortune, took ( Wm. A. NICH( BAN* Transact a Regular Bar Brandies and Insure , Boiler, Liability and Ac< of Indemnity for Officie Individuals as Administ YOUR BUSINESS IS RE everything cheerful. Just after the war he married Miss Pigot and it turn d out that he had a wife and two children in his native State. She ap plied for a divorce and obtained it Shortly after this event the whole family was arresred and conveyed to Richmond as enemies to our eau-e. I) iPL' rnmi tup nun imnvnn iMi/i\ rau.ii i [iij niiiiiri'LM'A Capt. Frank W. Greer, of Pacolet, Writes Interestingly of the People of the Island. THE CITY OF MALABON. Mr. Editor:?In 3peaking of tkei President of Malnbon being mucko imigos (very friendly) to us and of him giving us so much valuable inForraati'in, etc., last week. I should have mentioned another Fagalo gendeman in the person of Doctor Amtonia Luna, one of the best in-1 Formed men and a polished gentlemen, residing in the city of Malnbon. )f whom I shall speak later. MaLbon has a population of about 5,000 souls notwithstanding many if her women and children were daughters! at the taking of the cry >n March 21st, 1800, by our "boys." Three magnificent churches grace the ,own, the largest of which is situated n the center of the city in front of tfhieh is the Grande Pi iza (large uaket square) where the dummy ine terminates. Every morning as >arly as daybreak the natives bring ;heir fish, vegetables and fruits into ;liis Plaza for sale. Their largest :hurch was built in the year of 1861, ;he beginning of the great civil war >ver here, and today it is some,bing worth seeing, with its three )ig massive d lines or stee files, moss $rown sides and beaut.folly decorated nterior, making one imagine most mything of the tiroes of Spanish rule ind the religious fanaticisms that hese people were taught and node to |beliere in, so much so that ;hev sacrificed, perhaps many "f them, heir lives and paid taxes and built his grand structure of architectural reauty under the whip lash of their Spanish masters, and i" which they fere not allowed t<? enter and worlltip until the beginning of the in.-nr ection of the Tagalo tribe led by jencral Emilio Y. Famy Aguinaldo igainst their oppressors and olaugh;ered the Spanish in tho spring ol >f 18UU. Tho Calle Heal or Main itreet ran through the city from this shur^h, and on which many haudijme residences stood, as well as nany small bamboo shacks, where he poorer classes lived. Companies E. and F. of my regiment garrisoned ;his city for ten months maintaining i defatchtnent of 15 men at Tulison jri ge on the Mauila and 1) igupau ailroad. and also a detachment at ihe Chin'se II >spiti\l near La Luna jhii'ch coMHis'ing of 20 men. From June until the liist of January rov %r jompanv (K ) kept the guml at the China ll<??|>iral and E. the one aft rulirfon bridge We (Co. p ) had )ur c mjtany hea^iiipirt'TH in a nice mahogany iqanaion ha f way between the Urandt- Ijrleaia (bit* church) and the lower end of the city where we nlflo had n detachment of I "> men in i large a'one h use Our duty w4fc iomething terri >le theiw aix month?, jvery other night we had to walk post and the nights we sh<*uhl have been all ?w??d to rent a?'d sloe;' way flliin <*il *r?l iiilf U Civr U/A r>ii IoaILwI f Kft mvu '? 'iuwjf, iv> "O IV/IICU bllC town t'toiu tho beginning of nignt until br .h'i d mi ght. TIih d'|iy of tbepa'rol wag t<> ?? ? that every house bad a lantern hung out and that tt gave good light. No na'ive was al lowed to etay up Inter at night than ) o'olook, and if the patrol heard tnyone talking in an ordinary tone ifter thin hour it wan thoir duty to "pull" tbera. I have known an high tn fifty men, women and children some of them babies) placed in the 3LS0N & SON, CERS, king Business in all its Against Fire, Tornado, sidents, and Issue Bonds ils of Corporations, and rators, Etc., Etc. SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. guard house in a single night to be tried and fined the next day not lea* than $3 gold or Spanish for only talking, and some of the men were made to work the roads like a "ch'aingHtig nigger" for a month at a time with a guard standing over them with _ 1 _ 1 1 - it ioa<nu lvrag. while they were not allowed to have anything to eat exeppt rice and fish three times a day, all fir hahlaring. This was the way 1 to pacify these people, I suppose, for didn't the represotativo of the U. S. army that was in command at Malabon order all this? Why? to he sure he did. and we obeyed him. for it. was Not for us to question the reason, why Hut like soldiers to obey, do and die. (To be Continued.) Address to the Farmers of South Carolina. At. the reeent aouu il oV'e'ing of the State AlliancesC'<inuiit.tee was appoint**! 11 take oliaige of t ne work of reorganizing the order in this >t,td. This committee has heretofore hold several meetiuvs, and has done constderahle preliminary work. The following address to the fanners o. the Stale has been issued To the Farmers of S nith (Carolina: At iho slate meeting of the haulers' Alliance iu Columbia, it was decided to re wean zo t he suit-Alliance in this State. It seems to tie the desire of all to hare Mi" morgan./itiou commence at once. We were appoint] as a connuit'oe oa ro vrgauizatinu and we h ive selec'??d Hon. J. C Wilb>rn as 8 a'e reorganizer, who stand* ready and ?vi ling to aid any county towards reorganizing. In order to (Miry on tin* great work it isalis oluteiy necesary t hat, we have funds. Ail a'teinp is b-iog made to raise the funds by piivato snhserip ion and many liavti willingly coulrinul'sl We need all the funds thatOHii 1m obtained hi push the morgan zaMo<v W M. Klder is sees retary and treasurer, ami will reooive the snhscripi ions. Wnile we .see every other jkrofeasi ?i? united the farmer is loft disorganifc-d. we can not stand id'.y by and see ibis thing c intiuue. We want a purely busvness ofgrt'i if ition. It nmst keep out o( p i\ir.ira\ oriangles, and e.iive u? itulid up the b'Miie and in nisKe (he lariu a source of pn lit and pleasure. We tuust ra?el combination with combination. We must meet force with force. We must stand as a unit, against the illegial and tyrannical combines that ire always eadjr to. take ad vantage of the individual producer. PLAN OK OlUJANl/.ATION. The past, dues are cancelled. Von em become an Aiiiaucern<tu in good standing by paving 3.o oent.s for State aud national dues, and cents as a reorgan i7.ini? tlence, t?0 cents will put an Allnviceinan In good standing Brethren, cut together, and bo ready to uiike a steady and firm stand against the eneiny, the trusts a id combines which are already tquipped to take your products at. t heir pi ice, ?d<o to sell you their products, fixed at an arbitrary price. D. P. Efird, President Stats Alliance W. N. Elder, Vice Pi iesident and Keoinrer-. A. C Lyles, Chairman of lioird of Direction! of Statt Exchange. J. C. Wilhorn, lieorgui'Z'r, Obi Point, S. C, An EnrtliqufiKc'a Hnergy* In the ^reat ^lifu quake of 1801 the earth b--i 'ea dropping Lweely feet in se Lhuin of f uty 10 sixty mle? at a time, [shook t?oand-tro with frightful rapelly y^ipnverine wavi s abour a 10 ?l. m widi tt Hays l.udlow liroMiell in EvKl<Ylu>l>Y a MaoakiNK Tlieae had a raU- 01 ahuii. four hundred fr-et a secmd. Oie effect of it was that houses weitflwd Ivy iieavf u.nn nailiv up to fc'ir ?UV?*s, rt'lO aiinl.ll-Tr that yulo|x .six wi h.?ui u?p weights, xml l?er?,fore free to xd., jumped about* though nlxying l?x;>rmg. A ,h->cko! ?ho ilfth of the forcHof th* (4 ifuq'liikv: w ud ilmno ilih L union in thin y necou m. VV"?ilun horn h in th-' xuuurln nrgl t rein du standing however <<>r than c mxiriic'iou afford* soma pixy. The (Jh?rlwt>lon earlhipixke in Is hi wax x severe one, xud acienti-iM estimated sornt Injur of its en -igy. P ?fe^s ?r ddhe *xys, xupHkiiiir inngn y. *41.(KIO.OtiJ.'HMi (H) > f<hil-|hui ids tor :tl| x.e? tnu iiiiich !?|>in'K, To p nduc* i s nc, .?f audi loioo, let any on* drop ? 24,tXX)-U?u lull from x lieignt o? I9d mi ea The summer iimnouver.H of the American fleet have been held. There were present three battleships and a tender. Get a move on, Mr*. Long.